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Janna Levin

Astrophysicist at Barnard College; wrote Black Hole Blues and How the Universe Got Its Spots, and directs sciences at Pioneer Works.

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Mars trilogyBook Kim Stanley Robinson

loved

His seminal Mars trilogy is legendary and much loved.

Her Higher Dimensions newsletter roundup of summer video recommendations from her Pioneer Works event series

jannalevin.substack.com ↗·2026-08-18Wrong?

The Ministry for the FutureBook Kim Stanley Robinson

loved

I fully imagine that his Ministry for the Future—which opens with the most harrowing, unrelenting depiction of a deadly heatwave—will be the warning and plea needed for the world to actually create a Ministry for the Future.

Her Higher Dimensions newsletter roundup of summer video recommendations from her Pioneer Works event series

jannalevin.substack.com ↗·2026-08-18Wrong?

New York 2140Book Kim Stanley Robinson

liked

I can also attest that our NYC audience whooped at the high-paced descriptions of a partially submerged Manhattan in New York 2140.

Her Higher Dimensions newsletter roundup of summer video recommendations from her Pioneer Works event series

jannalevin.substack.com ↗·2026-08-18Wrong?

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